Profession

Recruitment and retention are the key concerns of all Top 20 firms in Ireland and 70% of Dublin’s law firms, according to professional services firm Smith & Williamson’s Annual Survey of Law Firms in Ireland

Immigration solicitors appoint paralegal

London law firm promotes senior associate

The winners of the LexisNexis Family Law Awards 2021 have received their gongs at a do in the Bloomsbury Big Top, with Peter Jones of Jones Myers awarded the prestigious Cornell Award for outstanding contribution

The Law Commission has confirmed that smart legal contracts can be accommodated by existing law, and there is no need for statutory law reform

Veronica Cowan talks to the Chief Legal Ombudsman, Paul McFadden, about his plans to drive recovery & change

Vexatious litigants, lacklustre lodgings & tight turnaround times: Dominic Regan ponders the downsides of a seat on the High Court bench

You’d be forgiven for thinking that the legal sector has lagged behind many other sectors in terms of technology adoption across the years. However, in recent times we have started to see a shift in both mindset and practice, with various Software as a Service-based products coming into play and covering everything from basic practice management through to AI-driven automation. To better understand the impact of this technology within the sector and more specifically, the probate process, Exizent’s Chief Technology Officer, John Catnach, discusses the latest technology within the industry and what the future trends look like

Recent research among 2,000 CILEX lawyers found many have faced discrimination and unfair treatment by their solicitor colleagues

Legal education provider BARBRI has launched a fund, BARBRI Bridges, to support aspiring solicitors in England and Wales